why bother

idiom

—used to say that something is not worth the trouble

"I'll try calling again." "Why bother?"

Examples of why bother in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And if the trick is easy enough to replicate by another, then why bother with this magician? —

Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024 But with so much to do at the Marriott Harbour Beach Resort & Spa, why bother? —

Caroline Tell, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 There are many dozen excessively nice resorts just outside the Malé airport, so why bother heading here? —

Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 25 Jan. 2024 For an elite certain of its own virtue, and equally certain that the great unwashed has long since stopped respecting them, why bother with persuasion? —

Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024 So why bother with smart locks, which on top of everything else are also more expensive than their mechanical counterparts? —

Curbed, 11 Jan. 2024 If cold showers and cold plunges share so many benefits, why bother cold plunging at all? —

Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2023 If there’s no interest, why bother developing the idea further? —

Stephen Key, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023 So why bother trapping creatures and devouring them? —

Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023

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